This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Rayyan when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Esteghlal with it. Read all about the Play-offs match here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a AFC Champions League game only three days ago.
Esteghlal have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Al Rayyan participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.12 points is a decent return from 6 Premier League games here for Al Rayyan. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
The fans are hoping that Al Rayyan will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the Premier League game against Al Gharafa. A strong away win before that one, visiting Umm Salal and winning 4-0.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Al Duhail in only four days. This game is also played here.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 6 games), Al Rayyan's attacking play is working. Al Rayyan have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Esteghlal form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Al Kuwait in order to reach Play-offs of AFC Champions League. Esteghlal's mission in AFC Champions League last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Persian Gulf Pro League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Esteghlal are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Esteghlal are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the AFC Champions League against Al Kuwait. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Machine Sazi.
A new game in only four days for Esteghlal, the Persian Gulf Pro League home match versus Naft Masjed Soleyman. Busy days.
The Esteghlal manager F. Majidi has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Esteghlal in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Al Rayyan won 1, Esteghlal won 5 and 2 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 10 goals |   C. Diabaté 8 goals |  M. Ghaedi 8 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Esteghlal missing players
| Al Rayyan | Esteghlal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 52 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 51 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 210 | 110 | Total Shots | T S | 148 | 312 | ||
| 107 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 125 | ||
| 46% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Duhail | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 9 |
| 11 | Al Shahaniya | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 8 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -19 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Persepolis | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Sanat Naft | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Esteghlal | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 29 |
| 6 | Padideh Khorasan | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Foolad | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Machine Sazi | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Saipa | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | Pars Jam Bushehr | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Paykan | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Gol Gohar | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Shahin Bushehr | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -25 | 7 |